Perhaps the most significant issue arising from the dislocation of so many pupils over the eight to ten weeks of closure of their schools is the impact that this may have had on the educational growth and attainment of the pupils. It is somewhat easier to assess this in relation to any unexpected variation in the grades attained by those pupils sitting standard exams than in the case of those that were not. The following tables show this information for the exam classes and would suggest that there has been no apparent disadvantage to that particular group of pupils as a result of the disruption, at least in terms of results.